I think LB is saving his defensive intensity until the playoffs. Otherwise he might be burnt out by round two of the playoffs.
I can't stress enough how pissed off I am. We play him too much. We are lucky he's a freak, otherwise he'd be broken down by now.
Even still, he's human, he can't go all out. So his defense is down? Well, it should be, he can't do it all like he's 25.
I know, the team is struggling, I get it.... But if LB wears down in the playoffs we are completely fucked. Lue needs to install more confidence in the others. And just roll with it. We got no choice. LeBron's minutes have to decrease.
Frankly, we've been having to rest LB often on back-to-backs, because of how much we play him. The way we're using LeBron is just awful.
Let Kyrie run the second unit. This isn't Kyrie of last season... He's healthy, he's energetic, and frankly, he's on a fucking tear right now.
Lue needs to adjust. I think it's been obvious Kyrie should be running the second for awhile, and not LeBron. Let him run it with Deron, put Kyrie as the number 2 guard/scorer in that scenario.
It allows Deron to be the actual point guard, and Kyrie gets to focus more on scoring with that unit.